(a) The department may establish a pilot program to operate work zone speed control systems in a highway work zone. The pilot program shall provide for such systems at not more than three locations in the state at any one time. A work zone speed control system may be used to record the images of motor vehicles traveling on a limited access highway (1) within a highway work zone, and (2) on which the speed limit, established using generally accepted traffic engineering practices, is forty-five miles per hour or greater. The pilot program shall commence on or before January 1, 2022, and terminate on December 31, 2023.

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(b) A work zone speed control system may be used provided (1) such system is operated by a work zone speed control system operator, (2) if, in accordance with the manual of uniform traffic control devices as approved and revised by the Office of State Traffic Administration, at least two conspicuous road signs are placed at a reasonable distance in advance of a highway work zone notifying drivers that a work zone speed control system may be in operation, (3) at least one of the signs described in subdivision (2) of this subsection indicates that the work zone speed control system is operational or is not operational, (4) an appropriate sign is conspicuously placed at the end of a highway work zone with a work zone speed control system that is operational, and (5) a notice identifying the location of a work zone speed control system is available on the Internet web site of the department.

(c) A work zone speed control system shall be used in a manner to only record images of motor vehicles that are exceeding the posted highway work zone speed limit by fifteen miles per hour or more in violation of the provisions of section 13a-263. Any recorded images collected as part of a work zone speed control system shall not be used for any surveillance purpose. The department or work zone speed control system operator shall certify to the Division of State Police when a work zone speed control system is operational.

(d) The Commissioner of Transportation may (1) enter into agreements with vendors for the design, operation or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of work zone speed control systems, and (2) retain and employ consultants and assistants on a contract or other basis for rendering legal, financial, professional, technical or other assistance and advice necessary for the design, operation and maintenance of work zone speed control systems. If a vendor provides, deploys or operates a work zone control system, the vendor’s fee may not be contingent on the number of violations issued or fines paid pursuant to the provisions of section 13a-263.